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|conventional_long_name = Bicarian Republic | |conventional_long_name = Bicarian Republic | ||
|native_name = ''Ilhas Bicarianas'' | |native_name = ''Ilhas Bicarianas'' | ||
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|alt_flag = Flag of Bicariana | |alt_flag = Flag of Bicariana | ||
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|alt_coat = Arms of Bicariana | |alt_coat = Arms of Bicariana | ||
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|national_motto = ''Dominus illuminatio mea'' | |national_motto = ''Dominus illuminatio mea'' | ||
|englishmotto = ("The Lord is my light") | |englishmotto = ("The Lord is my light") | ||
|national_anthem = ''True | |national_anthem = ''True Islands of the North'' | ||
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|capital = | |capital = Nevada | ||
|largest_city = | |largest_city = capital | ||
|official_languages = [[Cartadanian language|Cartadanian]] | |official_languages = [[Cartadanian language|Cartadanian]] | ||
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|government_type = {{wp|Unitary republic|Unitary}} {{wp|Presidential system|Presidential}} {{wp|republic}} | |government_type = {{wp|Unitary republic|Unitary}} {{wp|Presidential system|Presidential}} {{wp|republic}} | ||
|leader_title1 = President | |leader_title1 = President | ||
|leader_name1 = | |leader_name1 = Valter Borges | ||
|leader_title2 = Vice President | |leader_title2 = Vice President | ||
|leader_name2 = | |leader_name2 = Débora Matos | ||
|leader_title3 = Orator Princeps | |leader_title3 = Orator Princeps | ||
|leader_name3 = | |leader_name3 = Alziro Rocha | ||
|legislature = Emissary Assembly | |legislature = Emissary Assembly | ||
|established_event1 = Colonized by [[Cartadania]] | |established_event1 = Colonized by [[Cartadania]] | ||
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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The name "Bicariana" and "Bicarian Republic", and the geographic term "Bicarian Islands" are derivative of the [[Cartadania]]n name for the islands, ''Ilhas Bicarianas''. The term ''bica'', in the [[Cartadanian language]], means "spout", referring to the volcanic activity common throughout the islands. The first appellation of the term "Bicaria" and "Bicarian" is not generally known, but the term was in official use in Cartadanian documents soon after their acquisition in [[1826]]. | |||
The islands have several names. In the [[Faekst language]] of [[Fiannria]], they were called the Gletscher Iselns prior to their sale to Cartadania in [[1826]]. | |||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
The Bicarian Republic consists of four islands in the [[Sea of Nordska]] called Ceniza, Lluvia, Nevada, and Niebla. | The Bicarian Republic consists of four islands in the [[Sea of Nordska]] called Ceniza, Lluvia, Nevada, and Niebla. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
=== Early history === | === Early history === | ||
Bicariana has been settled multiple times throughout human history, with intermittent periods of interest and disinterest from nearby [[Levantia|Levantines]]. Scholars disagree significantly as to the first long-term settlement on the islands. A small consensus exists that the islands were always used by traveling fishermen and whalers dating back to antiquity, but little convincing archaeological evidence exists for this conclusion. The first universally accepted use of the islands was by Levantine [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] monks as a place of intense seclusion, beginning in the 7th century. Many of these mystics would spend decades in seclusion on the islands, eventually dying there (usually preparing to die in order to prevent being eaten by animals) and being buried by the next wave of arrivals. As these arrivals were all male, no permanent population was established on the islands. The so-called mystical era of the islands came to an end with the beginning of the Gothic [[Vithinja#The_Viking_Age|Viking Age]] in [[800]]. Northern raiders arrived on the islands in around [[803]], establishing it as an important outpost from which raids could be launched against eastern [[Levantia]], with resulting loot being hidden on the islands and boats repaired before returning home with the goods. Eventually, in around [[825]], a small settlement called Vikingshavn by historians was established near modern Nevada. Vikingshavn consisted of a few homes and craftsmen, namely shipwrights and smiths necessary to make Bicariana a more developed outpost for raiding Levantia, and a small population of fishermen also migrated to Vikingshavn to maintain the settlement. It is thought Vikingshavn reached its max population in or around the year [[925]] with about 1,500 inhabitants. As interest in small Viking raids gradually waned in the late 10th century, Vikingshavn became less relevant and disappeared from the historical record, though archaeology suggests it was still in use as late as [[1100]] before being completely abandoned. | |||
The next permanent use of Bicariana came in the 16th century, with the establishment of a [[Pharisedom]]. | |||
=== Fiannan settlement and ownership === | === Fiannan settlement and ownership === | ||
=== Treaty of the Gletscher Islands and early Cartadanian influence === | === Treaty of the Gletscher Islands and early Cartadanian influence === | ||
Sold to Cartadania as a means to pay of significant war debts from the vicious wars the newly found Commonwealth faced in it's early years. | Sold to Cartadania as a means to pay of significant war debts from the vicious wars the newly found Commonwealth faced in it's early years. | ||
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Between 1966 and the independence of the islands, besides the annual letter requesting purchasing the islands, the Government of Fiannria made no official political issue or active support to the Braithre Gletscher, but among Fiannans to this day it remains a political talking point of territorial and nationalistic duty to bring back their lost siblings. These sentiments gradually declined following the independence of the islands. | Between 1966 and the independence of the islands, besides the annual letter requesting purchasing the islands, the Government of Fiannria made no official political issue or active support to the Braithre Gletscher, but among Fiannans to this day it remains a political talking point of territorial and nationalistic duty to bring back their lost siblings. These sentiments gradually declined following the independence of the islands. | ||
=== Cession to Urcea and independence === | === Cession to Urcea and independence === | ||
==Government and politics== | ==Government and politics== | ||
The Bicarian system of government follows a modified form of government to that of [[Cartadania]]. It is a {{wp|Presidential system|Presidential}} {{wp|republic}}, though due to its size Bicariana is a {{wp|unitary republic}} with a {{wp|unicameral legislature}}, called the Emissary Assembly. | The Bicarian system of government follows a modified form of government to that of [[Cartadania]]. It is a {{wp|Presidential system|Presidential}} {{wp|republic}}, though due to its size Bicariana is a {{wp|unitary republic}} with a {{wp|unicameral legislature}}, called the Emissary Assembly. | ||